As time goes by.....

"You must remember this" (first line of the song, "As time Goes By") :  Late summer is CRAZY for gardeners!!  But, really.... a MONTH?!?!?!!  My sincere apologies, to anyone reading this who has been trying to follow this blog.  I really don't mean for there to be such big gaps between posts.  There have been extenuating circumstances.... I started a part time job, and I have been up to my neck with the Permaculture Design class I've been taking this summer.  It's all good stuff, but has eaten up my time in ways I didn't see coming.   So, to bring everything up to speed:
We have not been visited by any more large domesticated animals in the gardens since that one time last month.  However, we believe the deer that live in the forest at the edge of our property have decided that they like dill.  This is how it looked before the deer got at it:

Isn't it beautiful?  The deer didn't get it all, so it's not a major disaster.  I've started selling some things through another local farm's established farm stand and so far have sold 20 lb of beets and she will take some of the dill.  We are in the process of setting up our own farm stand but aren't quite up and running yet.

The rest of the garden is going great guns:  all my worry about things being too cold and rainy was unfounded.  The corn is huge and is getting tasseled out:

There are marigolds growing at the base of the corn and those are finally blossoming, too.  Here it is from the other side, where the beets are:

It's a little weedy right now but I will post more pics once I get it cleaned out.  Gonna try to do that this week but not sure if I can get to it or not.  The NOFA (Northeast Organic Farmer's Association) (http://www.nofamass.org/ ) Summer Conference is this weekend and we are going to be there.  The mustard looks great and is busy setting seed:

Can't wait to make my own stone ground mustard with this some time this year!

Foreground:   mustard, then cabbage, cauliflower, dill, red cabbage, and bean teepees:

 Close - up of the beans with some of the yield:

 Radishes, that had been left to go to seed so we can save seed and plant the same ones next year:

 Close - up of the radish seed pods:

Don't know if I've pulled them too soon or not, but will try hanging them up in the garage to dry and see if it works.  I had no idea that radishes got so big!  Omg!  Some of them were almost as tall as I am! 
The pear tree is absolutely LOADED with pears this year!: 

 And the 200 square feet of 50 lb of seed potatoes have all come up ~ every blessed potato planted has come up!:

Finally, the Cosmos is blooming and virtually glows at dusk:

So, that's a brief update.  I'll try to keep you posted more often from now on as things keep coming in.  I know we have peas to pick among the corn, so will post pics of that soon (I hope)!  Until then, I am very happy, very blessed, and very tired!  Good night, all!